. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . ep to an occurrence similar tothat at Constantinople, and pretended that a concertedmove was to be made against them by the Armenians,declaring themselves to be in fear of an attack. In thestreet at night there were menacing demonstrations bythe Turks. Armed bands of lawless and unrestrainedMoslems lounged about the corners, or with brandishedswords and frowning looks patrolled the streets. The European consuls, alarmed at the situation, helda consultation and besought the governor to restrainth
. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . ep to an occurrence similar tothat at Constantinople, and pretended that a concertedmove was to be made against them by the Armenians,declaring themselves to be in fear of an attack. In thestreet at night there were menacing demonstrations bythe Turks. Armed bands of lawless and unrestrainedMoslems lounged about the corners, or with brandishedswords and frowning looks patrolled the streets. The European consuls, alarmed at the situation, helda consultation and besought the governor to restrainthe leaders who incensed the people. He declared hewould do what he could to restore peace. The turbu-lence had seemed to subside, when on Monday, October7, the son of a leading Turk of the city died from in-juries received while in a drunken brawl, fighting witha comrade. The Turkish population was ready to be-lieve that he had been murdered by an Armenian whom THE TURKISH CAMPAIGN OF BUTCHERY. 389 he was trying to place in custody. The excitementbecame intense, and a massacre the same night was. er PER. OF THE CHRISTIAN HERALD, NEW YORK. AN ARMENIAN MASSACRE. only averted by a heavy fall of rain which dispersed themobs. The following morning, as there was no indicationof disquiet, after a brief suspension, the Armenians re-opened their shops and resumed their daily about noon on October 8, when the streets of thecity seemed as peaceful as possible, a cannon was firedsomewhere in the eastern part of the city, as the signalof the authorities for the massacre to commence. Inthe twinkling of an eye the pent-up fury and en- 390 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. ragred fanaticism of the Turks were let loose like adeluge of hell. In blind and unopposed fury theMoslems descended upon the unsuspecting and unarmedArmenians. When the bloody violence was somewhat abated theplundering began. Doors and windows of houses werebroken in, the better to facilitate the rapacious huntfo
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